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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Barbados	Romania	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	22,414	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	22,262	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	22,106	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	21,931	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	21,828	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	21,704	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	21,571	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	21,443	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	21,129	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	20,779	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	20,607	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	20,485	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	20,385	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	20,296	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	20,224	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	20,151	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	20,055	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	19,938	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,823	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,713	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	19,622	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	19,496	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	19,351	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	19,266	121,234

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.